In some traditions, the Wayzgoose was a celebration given by master printers for their workers to mark the beginning of the season working by candlelight. Hamilton's annual Wayzgoose conference gathers type-loving dreamers and doers from near and far to share their love of letterpress printing, typography, and design. A weekend filled with presentations, hands-on activities, social events, and camaraderie creates a lively atmosphere for making connections. 

With the 2024 conference, Hamilton will have hosted 16 Wayzgoose events since its founding as a museum. Each conference has been commemorated with a poster custom-designed by a different letterpress printer willing to make the generous donation of talent and time to print conference posters for all Wayzgoose attendees. This time-traveling exhibit showcases the entire body of conference posters and the stories behind them. In added recognition of the community created by each Wayzgoose conference, Hamilton began having attendees sign two copies of the conference poster: one for Hamilton archives, and the other for the poster designer/printer.

This exhibit features the "community-signed" poster from Hamilton's archive, alongside the original poster. The Wayzgoose Conference Poster exhibit opened to Wayzgoose attendees on November 8, and to the public on November 14.

Exhibition: November 8, 2024⎻February 13, 2025

Read more about the Wayzgoose Poster exhibition here.